Effects of Functional Red Pine Seed Direct-Drinking Oil on Constipation and Intestinal Barrier Function in Mice by Jie Li, Haonan Zheng, Jiahui Liu, Jie Ding, Qingqi Guo, Na Zhang

“…In this study, a balanced fatty acid red pine seed direct-drinking oil (SFA:MUFA:PUFA = 1.14:1.08:1, n − 6:n − 3 = 4.17:1) was formulated using red pine seed oil as the base oil, blended with coconut oil, rice bran oil, and camellia oil. The study investigated the effects and mechanisms of this red pine seed direct-drinking oil in alleviating constipation in mice. …”
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Biochar and bentonite application improves aeolian sandy soil health and enhances soil carbon sequestration and emission reduction potential by Liang Weijing, Tang Jiaxi, Li Yu, Song Sizhu, Jiang Xiaoyu, Hao Liyu, Tao Shuyu, He Miaomiao

“…In this paper, three kinds of biochar (rice husk, corn stalk, and bamboo charcoal) and bentonite were used as amendments in the first year of the experiment. …”
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Development of High Dietary Fiber Cereal Bar as Emergency Food Product and The Chemical-Microbiological Properties and Nutritional Content by Ani Radiati, Sumarto Sumarto, Fahmi Hafid, Emma Kamelia, Lia Nurcahyani, Dini Mariani, Siti Badriah, Tjahja Muhandri

“…The cereal bars were made from rice crisps and oats and tested based on chemical and microbiological parameters. …”
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From homogeneity to heterogeneity: Refining stochastic simulations of gene regulation by Seok Joo Chae, Seolah Shin, Kangmin Lee, Seunggyu Lee, Jae Kyoung Kim

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Fatty Acid Profile and Chemical Composition of Three Populations of Southern Cattail (Typha domingensis) from South of Iran by Mona Shojaee Barjouee, Massoumeh Farasat, Mehrnoosh Tadayoni

“…Southern cattail (Typha domingensis) is a plant whose practically all parts are edible, particularly its starchy rhizomes, which have a protein composition comparable to corn or rice. In this study, to investigate the nutritional value of this plant, plant samples were collected from three locations in the south of Iran, including Shadegan Wetland, Hoveyzeh (Hoorolazim Wetland), and Hamidabad (Dez River). …”
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Advances in plant male sterility for hybrid seed production: an overview of conditional nuclear male sterile lines and biotechnology-based male sterile systems by Naresh Vasupalli, Naresh Vasupalli, Kanakachari Mogilicherla, Kanakachari Mogilicherla, Vahab Shaik, Vahab Shaik, K. R. S. Sambasiva Rao, Shripad R. Bhat, Xinchun Lin, Xinchun Lin

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A stomatal optimization model integrating leaf stomata-photosynthetic capacity regulation in response to soil water stress by Yong Liu, Tiesong Hu, Rui Zhu, Qiuwen Chen, Xiang Zeng, Peiran Jing, Yifan Huang

“…More importantly, the SRSC model revealed that experiencing drought and flooding stresses in rice improved intrinsic water use efficiency by increasing photosynthetic capacity. …”
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Advancing Horticultural Crop Loss Reduction Through Robotic and AI Technologies: Innovations, Applications, and Practical Implications by H. W. Gammanpila, M. A. Nethmini Sashika, S. V. G. N. Priyadarshani

“…For instance, Ji et al. in 2007 developed an artificial neural network (ANN)-based system for rice yield prediction in Fujian, China, improving accuracy over traditional models. …”
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Impact of short-term soil disturbance on cadmium remobilization and associated risk in vulnerable regions by Zhong Zhuang, Hao Qi, Siyu Huang, Qiqi Wang, Yanan Wan, Huafen Li

“…The model predicted that the probabilities of grain exceeding Cd thresholds ranged from 021.6 % for rice, 13.8 %100 % for wheat, and 084.2 % for maize in the absence of fertilizer use. …”
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Wearable microfluidic biosensors with haptic feedback for continuous monitoring of hydration biomarkers in workers by Julia C. Spinelli, Brandon J. Suleski, Donald E. Wright, Joseph L. Grow, Gabriel R. Fagans, Maura J. Buckley, Da Som Yang, Kaitao Yang, Steven M. Beil, Jessica C. Wallace, Thomas S. DiZoglio, Jeffrey B. Model, Shirley Love, David E. Macintosh, Alan P. Scarth, Matthew T. Marrapode, Corinna Serviente, Raudel Avila, Barrak K. Alahmad, Michael A. Busa, John A. Wright, Weihua Li, Douglas J. Casa, John A. Rogers, Stephen P. Lee, Roozbeh Ghaffari, Alexander J. Aranyosi

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Distribution, Risk Assessment, and Quantitative Source Analysis of Soil Heavy Metals in a Typical Agricultural City of East-Central China by Wenyue Du, Peng Zeng, Shi Yu, Fan Liu, Ping’an Sun

“…Xingguo County, Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province, is a typical agricultural area with selenium-rich soil, and the rice and navel oranges grown there have high nutritional value. …”
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Developing an efficient and optimized irrigation plan under varying water-supply regimes by Purushottam Agrawal, Jitendra Sinha, Nilima Jangre, Fanesh Kumar, Kamalkant, Alok Sinha, Ashwin Singh, Ashes Banerjee, Akella Satya Venkatesh, Srinivas Pasupuleti

“…Given the population’s heavy reliance on rice, paddy cultivation was closely examined to identify irrigation-related vulnerabilities. …”
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Management of the Striga epidemics in pearl millet production: a review by Armel Rouamba, Hussein Shimelis, Inoussa Drabo, Kwame Wilson Shamuyarira, Emmanuel Mrema

“…Worldwide, pearl millet is ranked the 6th most widely produced cereal crop after wheat, rice, maize, barley, and sorghum, with a total production of 30.5 million tons on 32.1 million hectares. …”
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Insights into the effects of biomass feedstock and pyrolysis conditions on the energy storage capacity and durability of standard biochar-based phase-change composites by Dimberu G. Atinafu, Ji Yong Choi, Jihee Nam, Yujin Kang, Sumin Kim

“…The PCM adsorption ratio of biochars derived from rice husk (RH) and Miscanthus straw linearly correlated with the pyrolysis temperature (550–700 °C), while RH700 resulted in a composite with a high enthalpy per unit mass of hexadecane (HXD) in RH700/HXD (250.9 J g−1) owing to the high surface area of RH700 (74.66 m2 g−1). …”
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Efficient recovery of rare metal lanthanum from water by MOF-modified biochar: DFT calculation and dynamic adsorption by Qilan Huang, Qianru Zhang, Shuwen Zhao, Chuchen Zhang, Huixin Guan, Jianqiao Liu

“…Abstract In this research, a novel metal-organic framework-modified biochar composite (MIL-88b@BC) was created for the first time by modifying rice husk biochar using the excellent adsorption properties of metal-organic framework (MOF), as well as reducing the solubility of MOF using biochar as a substrate, aiming to improve the understanding of the adsorption characteristics of rare-earth metal recycling and to predict its adsorption mechanism. …”
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Decarboxylase mediated oxalic acid metabolism is important to antioxidation and detoxification rather than pathogenicity in Magnaporthe oryzae by Chang Liu, Yi Wei, Yuejia Dang, Wajjiha Batool, Xiaoning Fan, Yan Hu, Zhengquan He, Shihong Zhang

“…In this study, we describe D-erythroascorbic acid-mediated OA synthesis and its metabolic and clearance pathways in rice blast fungus. By knocking out the D-arabino-1,4-lactone oxidase gene (Moalo1), one-third of oxalic acid remained in M. oryzae, indicating a main pathway for oxalic acid production. …”
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Design and Construction of an Aquaponics System: A Sustainable Approach to Enhancing Local Food Security in Offa, Nigeria by Rofiat Bunmi Mudashiru, Maryam Yusuf-Olawuyi, Aliyu Tijani, Lateef Umar, Francis Okeke, Oluwabunmi Adeyemi, Ismaila Amototo, Fatai Salaudeen

“…Twelve pieces of polystyrene (2.1 m X 1.2 m) were laid to float inside the hydroponics system with each one carrying 9 lightweight disposable cups to serve as planting mediums. Rice husk and palm kernel shells were filled into the cups to grow the plants (cucumber and pepper). …”
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“…Finally, JEONG Eun Kyung’s “A Comparative Study of Idiomatic Expressions Related to Staple Foods in Korea and Türkiye: Rice and Bread” bridges linguistic and cultural divides, comparing idiomatic expressions tied to staple foods in Korean and Turkish traditions. …”
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Effects of Mulch Type, Plant Cultivar, and Insecticide Use on Sweet Potato Whitefly Population in Chili Pepper by Andi Nasruddin, Nurariaty Agus, Alam Saubil, Jumardi Jumardi, Burhanuddin Rasyid, Andry Siriniang, Andi Dirham Nasruddin, Firdaus Firdaus, Ahwiyah Ekawaty Said

“…The results showed that the reflective silver mulch had significantly lower numbers of whitefly eggs, nymphs, and adults, in comparison to the rice straw mulch and bare ground treatments. Chili plants cv. …”
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Accounting for differences between crops and regions reduces estimates of nitrate leaching from nitrogen-fertilized soils by Yan Wang, Yihong Liu, Longlong Xia, Hiroko Akiyama, Xinli Chen, Ji Chen, Yunying Fang, Tony Vancov, Yongfu Li, YuanZhi Yao, Dianming Wu, Bing Yu, Scott X. Chang, Yanjiang Cai

“…Over 47% of this leaching is concentrated in China, India, and the United States, with maize, wheat, rice and vegetables accounting for nearly half of it. …”
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